Manchester United are on the trail of 23-year-old Ghana striker
Abdul Majeed Waris, according to his Turkish club Trabzonspor.
(Daily Mail)
Crystal Palace and QPR both want Tottenham defender Benoit
Assou-Ekotto, 30, but are not prepared to meet his £40,000-a-
week wages. (Daily Mirror)
QPR winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, 33, has rejected opportunities
to go on loan and will fight for his place at Loftus Road. The former
England international has not made a Premier League appearance
this season. (Talksport)
Fulham owner Shahid Khan is prepared to hand newly-appointed
manager Kit Symons transfer funds in January as he aims for the
club to bounce back into the Premier League at the first attempt.
(Daily Express)
Italian club Napoli have rejected suggestions that they will make a
move for Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, 24, in January. (Daily
Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has criticised former
team-mate Paul Scholes by claiming the midfielder was too lazy to
do TV interviews as a player. (Daily Express)
Friday’s Daily Star front page
Everton striker Samuel Eto’o, 33, has already earned himself a new
Everton contract, after inspiring his team-mates with his winning
mentality. (Daily Mirror)
The Football Association has collected about £350,000 in fines
from social-media-related offences in the past three years, with
the governing body investigating 121 cases. (Guardian)
American baseball tycoons are circling Premier League clubs and
are set to launch a batch of takeover raids. (Sun – subscription
required)
Police are on red alert at the prospect of drones flying overhead
during Sunday’s Manchester derby. (Daily Mail)
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque will not back down over picking
Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 26, for next month’s internationals
against Belarus and Germany. (Daily Telegraph)
West Brom manager Alan Irvine has admitted the club are taking
steps to ensure the heightened attention on top-scorer Saido
Berahino does not go to the 21-year-old England Under-21
striker’s head. (Daily Star)
Friday’s Daily Mail back
page
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, 61, is heading for the sack,
according to former Blues forward Rodney Marsh. City are without a
win in three games, losing their last two. (Talksport)
West Ham signings Enner Valencia, Cheikhou Kouyate, Mauro
Zarate and Diafra Sakho could be handed a Christmas break by
manager Sam Allardyce in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the injury
crisis that hampered the Hammers last season. (Daily Express)
Arsenal can win the Premier League this season if they sign Real
Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, 27, in January, claims former
Gunners winger Perry Groves. (London Evening Standard)
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will begin a major restructuring of
the club’s scouting and recruitment procedures after their poor
start to the Barclays Premier League season. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is set to leave in-form striker
Harry Kane, 21, sweating until the last minute to find out whether
he has earned his first Premier League start of the season against
Aston Villa on Sunday. (Daily Telegraph)
Liverpool and England winger Raheem Sterling, 19, is ranked the
best under-21 prospect in Europe. (Bleacher Report UK)
QPR boss Harry Redknapp will consider involving midfielder Adel
Taarabt at Chelsea on Saturday after burying the hatchet with the
25-year-old following their row over his weight. (Sky Sports)
Redknapp admits he would like to stop his players using Twitter
after defender Rio Ferdinand was banned for three games for a
message he posted on the social media site. (getwestlondon.co.uk)
Garry Monk has asked a fan who posted advice on how the
Swansea boss can improve to his home address to send any future
correspondence directly to the club. (Daily Star)
Fifa has apologised for an embarrassing mistake after its video
launching the logo for the 2018 World Cup showed the disputed
Crimean peninsula as part of Russia. (Guardian)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil: No, this is neither a red carpet nor
a magic carpet. It is just the place where I’m working for my
comeback.
The German FA announced earlier this month that the 26-year-old
playmaker’s recovery from a partial rupture of the outer band of the
left knee joint would take up to 12 weeks.
Mesut Ozil discovered a
problem with his knee after
joining up with the Germany
squad for international duty
earlier this month
Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge: Feeling good right now,
closer to full fitness each day.
Sturridge, 25, is recovering from a calf strain he sustained having
only just recovered from a thigh strain picked up on England duty in
September.
Swansea City manager Garry Monk: Positive news, no FA charge
& Federico Fernandez red card rescinded. Glad common sense
prevailed.
Monk will not face any further action from the Football Association
following his post-match comments after the defeat by Stoke
earlier this month. In addition, Fernandez has had his ban for a red
card against Liverpool rescinded.
AND FINALLY
Aston Villa assistant manager Roy Keane, 43, is set to make an
appearance on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! (Daily Star)
Liverpool defender Jose Enrique, 28, and 20-year-old midfielder
Suso cheered up Mario Balotelli by singing a rendition of the
striker’s ‘Mario Magnifico’ chant and sending it to the 24-year-old.
(Daily Mail)
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